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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11631
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14924
13 Actual Demand 11311
14 Aggregate Planning 12360
15 Air Cargo 10263
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6762
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 35033
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15428
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19464
20 Assembly Line 22828
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23146
22 Average Speed of Answer 26680
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23378
24 Batch Production 38752
25 Bill Discounting 14714
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11399
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7269
28 Blanket Release 10152
29 Bonded Warehouse 10183
30 Booking Number 14029
31 Bottleneck 9690
32 Buffer Stock 59649
33 Build to Stock 13142
34 Bullwhip Effect 9846
35 Business Logistics 26023
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12700
37 Capacity Management 41087
38 Capacity Utilization 14284
39 Capital Intensive 8577
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8932
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12281
42 Certified Supplier 9058
43 Channel Effectiveness 9048
44 Co-Destiny 9432
45 Co-managed Inventory 12720
46 Co-Packers 11908
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 7007
48 Computer-Based Training 7793
49 Consular Invoice 20017
50 Container Depot 10722
51 Container Freight Station 10375
52 Continuous Replenishment 19710
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12206
54 Contract Carrier 7393
55 Contract of Affreightment 11544
56 Control Charts 8060
57 Cost Flow 10406
58 Courier Service 15405
59 CPFR 8335
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11937
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44522
62 Date Code 18517
63 Days of Supply 20007
64 Dead on Arrival 9487
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7422
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8247
67 Detective Control 9040
68 Devanning 14344
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11106
70 Dispatching 24792
71 Distributed Inventory 8468
72 Distribution Channel Management 35121
73 Distribution Metrics 9315
74 Distribution Planning 24371
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15409
76 Double Marginalization 53009
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22561
78 Dual 5526
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20754
80 Echelon Inventory 26425
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38441
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50150
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7731
84 Efficient Frontier 25721
85 Engineer-to-Order 31965
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16789
87 Erlang B Formula 9466
88 ETD 8442
89 Ex Works 7928
90 Exception Rate 13665
91 Exponential smoothing 9934
92 External Growth 10224
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9651
94 Field Services 7826
95 Field Warehouse 10960
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8964
97 Fishbone Diagram 14759
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27316
99 Flow Through Distribution 12468
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8321
101 FOB Destination 13209
102 Forward buying 30403
103 Freight Charge 10518
104 Freight Consolidation 7625
105 Gantt Chart 8377
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11903
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29763
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12830
109 Hub 23623
110 Idle Time 8177
 
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